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A federal judge has set May 12 for a hearing on whether to dismiss a consolidated lawsuit targeting Natural American Spirit super-premium cigarettes....In 2015, the Food and Drug Administration sent Santa Fe and two other manufacturers warning letters abo

the state is beginning to worry about the cigarette’s trendy younger sibling: e-cigarettes...have become commonplace in Asheville, and licensed clinical addiction specialist Sheila McKeon notes, “You can’t walk downtown without seeing people pouring out o

A privately held tobacco manufacturer, Sherman Group Holdings LLC, has been sold to Altria Group Inc., giving it a potential rival for R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. in the super-premium category. Sherman Group is the parent company of Nat Sherman, which mak

Wallet Hub released a study looking at the annual and cumulative costs of smoking. According to the study, every year, more than $300 billion is spent by Americans on tobacco and tobacco-related issues. Included in the figure is nearly $170 billion in dir

With low funding for tobacco control programs and one of the nation's lowest cigarette taxes, North Carolina was one of five states that failed all five categories in the American Lung Association's State of Tobacco Control report that was released Wednes

Reynolds American Inc. did not disclose how much it spent on an incentive initiative tied to the smooth integration of Newport. It is likely that cost information will be disclosed in its fiscal 2016 report due out next month. Reynolds American Inc. conf

on Dec. 21 found that a trial court was right to certify a class of farmers who were members of a tobacco cooperative and alleged that it expelled them and used money they helped to generate after finding that there was not a conflict of interest between

When Klan members heard of her visit to Florida, they tried to force a black worker into divulging her whereabouts. They beat him and threatened him, but he stayed silent. Smith heard of the attack and was furious. Her friends said she walked down the m

The scientists mimicked the effects of secondhand smoke exposure in female rats before mating, in early gestation and in late gestation. Detrimental effects on fetal brain development were greatest after the pregnant rats were exposed during late gestati